Car-fender.



No. 65|,259. Patented lune 5, 1900. T. MGGOVERN.

CAR FENDER.

(Aunlication filed Mar. 31, 18.99. Renewed Nov. 7, 1899.) (No Model.)

NIrnD STATES ATEN Enrica.

lTHOMAS MCGOVERN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,259, dated June 5',1'900.

Application filed March 31,1899. Renewed November 7, 1899. Serial No.736,190. (No model.)

To LZ/Z whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS McGovERN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of carfenders which are adapted tobe depressed by the motormanin an emergency, and also to the class inwhich the fender is adapted to be lifted off from its bearings at oneend of the car and shifted to the other end thereof for the return trip.

It is well understood that the expense incurred in providing cars withfenders is very considerable at best and that it is not possible to havea costly and complex fender introduced and used on a railway, the costbeing prohibitive. Hence the object of the present invention is toproduce a fender having the two primary-advantages-namely, capability ofbeing instantly depressed by the motorman in an emergency and capabilityof being readily shifted from one end of the car to the otherand also toprovide such a fender at a very moderate cost.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated an embodiment of theinvention, in which- Figure lis a plan view of the fender and of the endor platform of the car on which it is mounted, and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan, and Fig. 4 a sectional detailview, illustrating one of the springs which support the front ends ofthe fender; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the rockingfoot-lever for depressing the fender.

P represents the platform, and D the dashboard, ofan-ordinaryimotor-car, and F represents the fender as a whole.

The fender may consist of a simple frame covered with netting, andherein such frame comprises two side bars a a, properly curved, a frontbar b, which may be covered with some soft cushioning material, and arear bar c. The fender has pivoting-lugs cl d at its sides, and thesemaybe conveniently formed by a transverse bar with projecting ends, andthe side bars ct ct extend beyond the rear bar c from lugs g g toengage, respectively, eyes in the ends of springs on the car when thefender is in place. Figs. 3 and show the preferred form of spring h,secured at its lower end and extending upward through an aperture in theprojecting s ill of the car. At its upper end it has an eye 7L', whichis engaged by the lug g. The pivoting-lugs drest in recesses or rockingbearings in brackets i', which project from the sills of the car at eachside.

When the fender is in place on the car, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, itsfront bar b is upheld by the springs h in substantially the positionseen in full lines in Fig. 2, so that the car may rock on its springswithout this bar touching the ground; but in an emergency the motormanmay in an instant depress the front bar to the position seen in dottedlines in Fig. 2 by lifting the upper end of the rocking fender. Themeans herein shown for thus lifting the upper end of the fender comprisea simple rocking foot-leverj. (Seen in detail in Fig. 5.) This lever isa curved rocker coupled at its front end to the rear bar c of the fenderand projecting back through an aperture in or under the lower edge ofthe dashboard D, its free end beingin a convenient position for themotorman to depress it and rock the lever with his foot, thus elevatingthe outer or forward end of the lever and through it the upper rear endof the fender.

The car will be tted at both ends with bearing-bracketst' and springs h,and in plac- -ing the fender the lugs g g are iirst passed through theeyes of the springs h h, and the pivoting-lugs d d then dropped intotheir bearings. To remove the fender, it is lifted until the lugs CZ arefree, when the lugs g are drawn from the eyes on the springs.

I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown, as this may bevaried somewhat without departing from my invention; but theconstruction is very simple, inexpensive, and effective. y

Having thus described my invention, I claim- I. The combination with acar provided with fulcrum-bearings for the fender, and

with upright springs having eyes, of the fender, havinglaterally-projecting pivoting-lugs which rest in said bearings, andrearwardly- IOO projecting lugs g', g', at its upper end which engagesaid eyes in the springs, and a footlever on the platform which takesunder the upper end of the fender, whereby the motorlnan may lift theupper end of the fend er and thus rock the latter, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination with a car provided with fuloru 1x1-bearings, projeating out beyond the dashboard, for the fender, and upright springs h,h, one at each side, back of said bearings, of the removable fender,having laterally-projecting pivoting-lugs which rest in said bearings,and rearwardly-projecting, rigid lugs g, g, at its upper end whichengage eyes in the upper ends of the respective springs h, and afoot-lever on the platform which projects out under the upper end of thefender, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a car provided with open fulcrum-bearingsandwit-h upright, coil-springs h, having eyes h', at their upper ends,of a fender having laterally-projecting pivoting-lugs d,d, which engagesaidfulcruinbearings, rearwardly-projecting lugs g, g, which engage theeyes in the springs, and a rocking footlever, j, coupled to the upperend ;of the fender and projecting rearwardly onto the platform withinconvenient reach of the `foot of the motorman, substantially as set43fortl1.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 29tl1day ofMarch, 1899, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

i THOMAS MGGOVERN.

Witnesses:

HENRY CONNETT, PETER A. Ross.

